Simply because it (may)develop these skills/characteristics:
~ Your tenacity to learn and to store information
~ Gives you better reasoning abilities (when presented with a problem)
~ Allows you to communicate better

So really it's just there to develop your brain a little to prepare you for the glorious glorious fun that will be tertiary education.

Actually for me when I took my calculus courses, that was around the time I first started getting physical pain in my skull from thinking too hard. REALLY.

At 10/12/12 04:37 PM, Computer112 wrote:
I never good in doing quick math. There are several thing I can beat most math people I know. I can cite the multiplication tables up to 70. Basically anything in algebra, arithmetic, calculus and geometry, give me complex problems and I can solve them in a reasonable amount of time. Not quick, I cannot do shit in quick time...

Man I used to be exactly the same (except I've always liked theoretical maths regardless). Rushing makes it so easy to cause mistakes. However I've been forced to learn how to be quicker since the exams here are crazy.

An extremely small percentage of people actually finish the whole exam. The average pass rate for this maths exam in Malta is 22% (that means getting an A, B, C, D, or E. So 78% of all the maths students in Malta get an F. Not very encouraging). Therefore, any good school has to gear the students up ridiculously well to speed up and not make mistakes, hence the average of 5 hours of compulsory maths homework I get everyday.

85% of the think we learn in school will never apply IRL. Math is no exception. I was more confident in learning university math, and other stuff. I think either US and Canada; all have the same weakness is that they all do not gear up applied educations for students. Everyone just goes theoretical and no one tries to put that in to real life usages. In Canada this thing is seriously lacking. I hope where you study is better. Heard Malta educations are one of the top in Europe.

Trig is a nightmare for me. I tried to master it but never really successful to do so. Every time I need to reference something from trig, had to flip the textbook open just to look at Euler formula and its equations (graphic programming with trig is a pain in the butt).

At 10/12/12 09:16 PM, Step wrote:
Welcome to the ever so wonderful and highly efficient system of education employed by today's blossoming world.

Here's a stick, go fight wild animals for food, then skin it for clothing and eat their raw flesh in your hut.

Oh wait, science gave you a house that doesn't fall into pieces when there's an earthquake.

I'm with you people on the whole 'education strips individuality, doesn't recognize unique cognitive abilities in individuals' etc, but to argue that things like science, history or even something as simple as geography aren't useful in life is kind of biased, don't you think?

Building a hut doesn't have anything to do with math. Indigenous people do that all the time. Ask them what is 2 + 2 and they'll give you 5 (you decide the puns!). Do they give a fuck about who won the Nobel prize this year? No.

Do you build a hut with math? No you build it with material and common senses. In the end you don't need to know all maths, just to have common sense. Some maths are indeed very important. Most are shits. Shits fly IRL. Tell me, what does Topology has use IRL? Probably in some applications? No?

Stop acting like Mr. Know-it-all, shut up, wake the fuck up and see the real problems. Thank you

Besides, after a while you seek education, it doesn't seek you. So to cynically point out that the system is somewhat rigid, is to blindly defy the fact that such a system is, above all, one hell of a luxury.

OF COURSE, Capt. Obvious! Hey asshole, we are not 'blindly' bashing the educations we get/got. In fact if you read the previous posts, every one was saying what is useful and what is use less. Read before posting, for fuck sake.

At 10/12/12 09:16 PM, Step wrote:
Welcome to the ever so wonderful and highly efficient system of education employed by today's blossoming world.

Here's a stick, go fight wild animals for food, then skin it for clothing and eat their raw flesh in your hut.

Oh wait, science gave you a house that doesn't fall into pieces when there's an earthquake.

Building a hut doesn't have anything to do with math. Indigenous people do that all the time. Ask them what is 2 + 2 and they'll give you 5 (you decide the puns!). Do they give a fuck about who won the Nobel prize this year? No.

Stop acting like Mr. Know-it-all, shut up, wake the fuck up and see the real problems. Thank you

I think the real problem is I talked about 2 structures: a modern westernized building (the ones we own and love) and a hut, while saying Ã³ne of them was probably made by science (implying the other wasn't), and you think I was talking about the hut. That is nothing short of absolutely retarded.

Besides, after a while you seek education, it doesn't seek you. So to cynically point out that the system is somewhat rigid, is to blindly defy the fact that such a system is, above all, one hell of a luxury.

OF COURSE, Capt. Obvious! Hey asshole, we are not 'blindly' bashing the educations we get/got. In fact if you read the previous posts, every one was saying what is useful and what is use less. Read before posting, for fuck sake.

You really are. I replied to a post which cynically pointed out a lot of knowledge will go to waste, thus making the system far less efficient. But you have to consider that these sciences, including all sorts of mathematics, are used in a lot of concepts which we indulge in daily. The human brain is unfortunately wired so that we are forgetful of things that haven't crossed our paths in a long time. That is why I came up with the whole 'hunting & skinning' example; as to say that you have to be strictly against applying the knowledge you've learned, if you do not ever use it. And yes, I do get that if you spend most of your time jacking off to hentai and playing videogames that maths will be of little use to you. But that doesn't change the fact that thÃ¡t would make you a miserable person. That goes for maths aswell as art, or even languages. Of course there is little point in learning Spanish if you do not ever visit foreign countries, but if you have dreams of touring the world including South America, it may be extremely valuable.

You really are bashing the system in this regard, by taking on the attitude that your education did not prepare you for the things you wanted to do. Well in their defence, I wouldn't give 5 year olds the responsibility to know what the fuck they'll need later on in life and, as far as I can see, the system focusses on providing a healthy variety in classes; such as languages, sciences, art and sports, even culture and religion in most cases.

Is this not in any way true? Please correct me if I'm wrong.

But if I'm not, then you're just another whiney little fuckface who's willing to not only insult me multiple times within the same post, but does it without actually knowing what the fuck he's talking about.

In both instances, fuck you. Because there was no need to act like you hold any sort of high ground over me, simply for stating you're too dumb to know the use of science.

At 10/14/12 08:40 AM, Step wrote:
I disagree, la-yinn, but at this point any further action will start massive posts of debating in a place where good humour and cock discussions should be abundant, so I won't argue about it.

My last post kind of flew out of me after being insulted thrice in one post. I think we both understand the importance of standing up for yourself when insulting posts with little relevancy to what was being said aren't dealt with by the chocolate-covered bancockmuffins.

Ever since Gillard (prime minister of Australia) put the fucking carbon tax into action, the whole industry of where I work has been extremely quiet. So quiet in fact, this is my second week in a row off work in the factory! All my leave hours after this week will be spent, and unless things pick up, I'm not gonna get many hours up.